by Matthew Johnson | May 30, 2023 | PTAB News
By Jack Graves and Matt Johnson – On May 16, 2023, the Federal Circuit denied a petition for a writ of mandamus to direct the Board to vacate an institution decision based on stock ownership of an administrative patent judges (“APJ”) in In re Centripetal...
by Matthew Johnson | May 25, 2023 | PTAB News, Trial Institution
By Sue Gerber and Matt Johnson – The PTAB recently issued back-to-back Fintiv denials. The first denial issued on May 4, 2023. Read here about Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. v. California Institute of Tech., No. IPR2023-00130, Paper 10 (P.T.A.B. May 4, 2023). ...
by Matthew Johnson | May 18, 2023 | PTAB News, Trial Institution
By Hannah Mehrle and Matt Johnson – The Board exercised discretion under § 314 to deny inter partes review in view of co-pending district court litigation. In the Institution Decision, the Board evaluated the Fintiv factors in light of the USPTO Director’s June...
by Matthew Johnson | Apr 18, 2023 | Discovery, PTAB News
By Anthony Bautista and Matt Johnson – In Apple Inc. v. Masimo Corp., the PTAB granted Masimo, the owner of patent 10,687,745 (“the ’745 patent”), their request for production directed to “specific documents identified in regard to [a prior] ITC Investigation,...
by Matthew Johnson | Apr 7, 2023 | Final Written Decisions, PTAB Trial Basics
By Christian Roberts and Matt Johnson – Petitioners should be cautious of introducing a new theory in a Petitioner Reply before the PTAB. On February 7, 2023, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“PTAB”) entered a final written decision declining to find any...
